Frugal Corner - After Surgery

[Beertigger]

Good luck to ya,


Slainte!

[billmcc]

I hope you have a speedy recovery.

[pdcorlis]

I'm glad to hear you had such a good outcome - easy does it during your recovery - ok?

[mbhandy]

I missed you having to go in for surgery.
So I guess Tennis is out for a few weeks
A really good salve is vitamin E with comfrey:

Comfrey leaves are of much value as an external remedy, both in the form of fomentations, for sprains, swellings and bruises, and as a poultice, to severe cuts, to promote suppuration of boils and abscesses, and gangrenous and ill-conditioned ulcers . The whole plant, beaten to a cataplasm and applied hot as a poultice, has always been deemed excellent for soothing pain in any tender, inflamed or suppurating part. It was formerly applied to raw, indolent ulcers as a glutinous astringent. It is useful in any kind of inflammatory swelling.

The reputation of Comfrey as a vulnerary has been considered due partly to the fact of its reducing the swollen parts in the immediate neighbourhood of fractures, causing union to take place with greater facility. Gerard affirmed: 'A salve concocted from the fresh herb will certainly tend to promote the healing of bruised and broken parts.' Surgeons have declared that the powdered root, if dissolved in water to a mucilage, is far from contemptible for bleedings and fractures, whilst it hastens the callus of bones under repair. Its virtues as a vulnerary are now attributed to the Allantoin it contains. According to Macalister (British Medical Journal, Jan. 6, 1912), Allantoin in aqueous solution in strengths of 0.3 per cent has a powerful action in strengthening epithelial formations, and is a valuable remedy not only in external ulceration, but also in ulcers of the stomach and duodenum. Comfrey Root is used as a source of this cell proliferant Allantoin, employed in the dealing of chronic wounds, burns, ulcers, etc., though Allantoin is also made artificially.


Good info. http://www.botanical.com/botanical/m...fre92.html#par

I used it as a poltice when I had my surgery and I have very little scaring.

Lots of luck on your recovey.

MrBill

[Jerry]

Glad to hear they got the cancer. I don't know about the basil cell skin cancer, but I do know (from experience) than most cancer surgery requires some chemo to make sure any loose cancer cells are killed off before they can take root somewhere else. If you do have to take some treatments and need any advice on how to deal with the side effects, please feel free to PM me.

[Arlen]

That's really good news.
I hope you heal swiftly and are back in action soon.

[Une]

Wishing you a speedy recovery, plenty of rest.

[Splash_4]

I am sorry to say I missed this thread as well. I certainly pray that you recover soon!

[gangreenfootball]

Best wishes

[ScottEPooh]

And just think, you'll have cool scars to show off later! Just make sure the story about how you got them includes claymores!! Hope your recovery is quick!